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Headword:
*pro/sw
Adler number: pi,2771
Translated headword: forward, far
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning farther off.
"[He] decided to ride straight toward Seleucia. For Seleucia was not far from them, being distant at most twenty days travel."[1]
And elsewhere: "[he] had no further than twenty thousand infantry."[2] Meaning no more.
Greek Original:*pro/sw: a)nti\ tou= a)pwte/rw. eu)qei=an e)do/kei e)lau/nein w(s e)pi\ *seleu/keian. ei)=nai ga\r ou) pro/sw sfw=n th\n *seleu/keian, a(/te ei)/kosi tw=n plei/stwn h(merw=n o(do\n a)pe/xousan. kai\ au)=qis: ei)=xe de\ kai\ pezou\s ou) pro/sw tw=n dismuri/wn. a)nti\ tou= ou) plei/ous.
Notes:
The same headword is glossed differently at
pi 2770.
[1] Ascribed to Arrian's
Parthica, fr. 102 Roos-Wirth; also quoted partially at
epsilon 3490.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
Translated by: William Hutton on 6 September 2013@13:54:45.
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